Bilingualism in Canada is a SCAM
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- Do Canadians really speak French and English? Or is it only a tiny elite?
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Oh my gosh, the number of people in the comments section that are just like "lol Anglos just learn a second language already." Clearly nobody here has studied second language learning in any serious depth! Trained ESL educator here: not only did JJ rightly point out in the video that it's extremely difficult to gain proficiency in a language that you have ZERO use for in your everyday life (where on earth is a poor prairie farmer's kid going to study French in Anglo-majority rural Alberta??), but developmentally it is extremely difficult to acquire fluency in a second language. Unless you had the privilege (gosh, I hate that word, but it truly does apply in this case) of having parents who decided to/were able to put you through French immersion school, anyone who wants to learn French for professional purposes has to start from scratch as an adult, expending a tremendous amount of time and money (which many people don't have) to even have a chance at gaining proficiency; the older you are when you start, the more difficult it is, developmentally speaking, to become fluent.
Anyone who looks at any other second language learner group in Canada already understands this: think of the great many immigrants from China, Africa, etc. who have been here for decades, have often gone through several programs to improve their English, and have to function every day in a society where English is used and spoken; they receive tons of practice in their second language, and yet how many of them still have strong accents, poor grammatical skills, a lack of academic-level vocabulary, etc.? Is any of this because they are "lazy" or just need to "work harder" at being fluent in English? No! While practice makes perfect, the fact is that many of these difficulties stem from developmental and cognitive factors out of their control, and to blame their supposed lack of hard work for their inability to acquire professional-level fluency is unfair and completely ignorant.
tl;dr - People who think becoming fluent in a second language isn't incredibly difficult (arguably to the point of being impossible for many adult learners) are extremely out of touch and need to acknowledge that it is often an accident of birth that determines whether or not you'll have the resources necessary to become fluent in two languages, not simply hard work or laziness.
Amethystic95 Thank you for this insightful comment. Language learning, acquisition, and retention is, as you said, a very complicated human cognitive undertaking. Bilingual Quebeckers need to be a little more introspective about how they wound up that way, and why Canadians elsewhere might have wound up differently. In the future I think I just want to make a video about language learning in general.
Why does anyone NEED to though, unless you want to be PM or certain jobs? Where are people getting this idea from? The majority of English speakers have done just fine ignoring French all this time, although I think it'd be nice if a lot more people were bilingual . Learning it, like learning anything really, just opens up more opportunities for you, that's all. But I would hope that anyone who wants to be our PM would be smart enough to pick up a second language at least, and who says you need to be perfect? Bilingual leaders have rarely been perfect in their bilingualism. Anglophone PMs and those running for the postition in the past had no qualms picking French up and vice versa, and they governed just fine despite sounding near-horrible in the language they learned.
I can understand that older people would be against it. But I live in a very much bilingual society. The country I live in is ranked to have the population that is best at speaking English as their second language in the world. Having mandatory french classes in school should be a thing in Canada. Same thing with English in French Canada.
Either you accept the problem or does something about the problem. But for gods sake stop bitching. Your not facing some kind of third world problem or something. If anyone has something to bitch about in Canada then it is the Native American minorities.
Would probably easily be fixed just by teaching French and English next to each other in public schools even if they only teach French conversationally they would learn from a young age and probably speak it among themselves as well as teaching English and French in French areas. It's honestly never a bad thing to learn another language I am bilingual it's the same thing in the US people don't want to learn Spanish and immigrants don't want to learn English as some sort of culture war and it's just kind of pointless and lazy. Just learn another language all it can do is serve you even if you aren't fluent any bit will help you in life.
@sergio diaz nila - oh, I agree it definitely gives you benefits and advantages in life in general, I meant priviages from the government. Anyway I edited that comment because yeah, bilingualism is practically necessary for being PM at least (although Kevin Oleary tried to prove that wrong), so anyone who is already bilingual is 'privilaged' in that sense (but the majority of bilingual people had to put the work in at some point to learn their other language anyways, no one is BORN bilingual), but you and other repliers are correct that it isn't that hard to learn another language in the first place. I would hope that anyone who wants to be PM would at least put that amount of effort into educating themselves for the job. I still remember basic French stuff from learning it for 6 years of grade school, it just faded and didn't stick with me because I didn't need to use it much. If there were some great french songs, movies, or tv shows I liked and wanted to understand since those years of learning maybe I'd even be fluent now. Hell, I DIDNT EVEN GO TO SCHOOL for the other language I'm (almost) fluent in, I just watched movies and listened to people in that language. I think it simply comes down to exposure and how much you want to or need to learn it.
Do you say “a boot” instead of “about” on purpose. As a Canadian I had never heard a real Canadian say this until now
Justin Goodman I was just about to comment this. He just sounds stupid
he's playing it up for sure lmao
He sounds like he's from Toronto, but wants to sound "Canadian" to his American friends lol. It's not supposed to be said like "a boot", but rather like "a bow-t". He overdoes it to the point of parody.
@@pisse3000 He's actually from BC though. I've never heard anyone speak quite like him around here, though tbf I've really only been in the Fraser Valley and Vancouver. Everyone where I live speaks with more of an 'oa' sound, like in boat and foam.
Only Newfies talk like that. He's faking it
When I was visiting Montreal a fistfight started in a subway over this very topic
not 1 english only university or collage inside the terrorist dictatorship of quebec . yet they demand the rest of the country bend over and take it by forcing franco terrorist training centers be built for them . when quebec refused to sign the constitutional accord they should have been flushed like the shit they are
@@patrickvilleneuve1375 As a current McGillian in Montreal, I confirm this. Classes are in English
@@louispetitjean1652 Isn't McGill like the second most prestigious university in the country lol
@@gordonmorris751 BRITS OUT OF QUEBEC
@@gordonmorris751 VIVE LE QUEBEC LIBRE
American here. This comment section is gold! I haven't been this entertained in years.
@@ltbubbas Moi aussi mdr.
No entendí lo que dijiste
Dude we do the same thing, just with your entire country 😂
Sterling Mitts anti Americanism again
I’m American too and I’m over her laughing and it’s about midnight
the thing that kills me about our bilingualism is that a territory like Nunavut's most populous language is not French or English but instead Inuktitut yet this language is not provided by the Canadian government.
How many people live there? Probably not enough to make a difference in terms of national languages
@@louisd.8928 Evidently, Pierce did not do research... before making a comment.
Fight for it !
@@shanemcgrath2809 and? Their language is still the language of the land. The French speakers get disproportionately more funds than all native languages. After countless genocides they deserve some language support
Nunavut is considered a territory i.e. colony. The inuit do not see themselves as Canadian we just claimed the land they were living on.
*When you're at a café in America, HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY FROM CANADA, while watching a video about English-French bilingualism in Quebec, and then a person a few feet (sorry for the imperial) away from you, in the same café, who can't see your screen, WHO IS FROM FRANCE, starts talking to another person about ENGLISH-FRENCH BILINGUALISM IN QUEBEC.*
0_o *WOAH*
Holiday magic
THIS IS CANADA YOU MAPLE SYRUP PUCK SNOW HOCKEY STICK
WE SAY KILOMETERS
sorry for swearing in canadian
@@justinperreault9130 You are banished to nunavut
@@ethanbrown4656 a worse fate than death
I’ve had stuff like that happened to me before as well
Being a Canadian myself I’d never heard anyone pronounce “about” as “a boot”.. until now
C’est un clown
BS called
Newfoundland...
Same here aahahah so cringy
I know, I was just like: damn, they do exist...
It's called Western Canada. Most people in Canada have American accents because of how much influence they have on our entertainment.
I’m glad we here in the US were too lazy to implement an official language.
Or they just don't care
@@karsten3360 technically it's because America itself isn't necessarily supposed to have an official language
Well English technically is the official language even if it’s not written down as so
I think a lot of the founding fathers wanted our national language to be German as well to distance ourselves from the British, But American German speaking died off a lot during the world wars
@@ginch8300 ah, Thanks for pointing that out about the founding fathers, but I definitely know that were more german speakers in the United States before the world wars, and there’s a even a Texan dialect of German that survives with a few older Texan german speakers
As a French-Canadian from Ontario, I learned English through videogames because I was not going to understand the plot otherwise, through television for similar reasons because there were three or so French channels, and through the radio because lord knows French-Canadian music is hit-or-miss. By 7 I was fluent. By 12 I could count on my fingers how many conversations I had had in English because the French community is so freaking self-isolating I was half-convinced - weirdly enough - that English was some made up language people came up with to act cool like some kind of secret code. I met my first unilingual English friend at 13, which coincided with the year French-Canadian school starts making English classes compulsory. (Seriously; I'm convinced at least half of high school drop-outs were just people obstinately refusing to learn English). My grades took a small dive because the class was so boring for someone already fluent that I couldn't focus to save my life, but through the power of procrastination, things worked out and resolved themselves the next year. It took me four months to learn that my friend was unilingual because I'd taken it as a matter of course that he simply preferred English on the basis that he had greeted me in the language when first we met.
By the time others in my classes were capable of speaking full sentences in English, so too could my friend in French, only motivated by the fact that we could speak it to pull the wool over his parents' eyes when we were up to our teen antics and didn't want them to overhear our plans. Timeskip of ten years? The man hasn't had a reason to speak French in four and had to ask me to repeat slowly when I greeted him in French, we defaulted to English after ten minutes of talking. It was the last time I heard him speak French at all. It's not learning the language that's difficult; it's keeping the knowledge when you have no use for it in your day-to-day. But beyond that, frankly speaking; French is a pain in the ass because of all its literary regulations. Speaking it is the easy part; writing it is the real pain in the ass. At 27 years old, I still make spelling mistakes as a native speaker with a post-secondary degree in the freaking language, how lame is that?
Right -- use it or lose it! I learned Spanish well in college, then forgot most of it. When a friend married a Mexican woman, I spoke "broken Spanish" to communicate, and my vocabulary improved but I still couldn't conjugate. Haven't seen them for a while and my Spanish is again atrophying.
Absolutely! Hello from the U.S by the way. After studying German for over eight years through high school and college and even minoring in it, I still have the reading level of a child! You can spend hours a day, every day learning grammar and vocabulary, but until you're immersed in the language, you're going to hit a ceiling.
Yeah, in ontario too and I am a native french speaker, most people in my school are also native french but prefer english for some reason when i hear them speak french is like hearing a B1 level speaker messing up every few phrases, its kinda sad :/
@@ewill3435 I have started learning German too.
I'm sorry, but the Franco-Ontarians fighting for their rights are not "Quebec migrants." They've lived there since before confederation. They often founded the cities in which they live. The government forbade french language institutions and the lack of a french language University forces them to come to Quebec to study, and leave their province behind.
@Rob M Did you watch the video or fully read the comment?
Rob M research your facts before saying whatever you feel like, google is free. Can you please name me these 6 french universities?
Ontario has 2 bilingual, not French, Universities, big difference. UOttawa and Laurentian.
That means they do offer some partial French programs, but most upper year courses need to be taken in English. There’s of course Université de Hearst but it’s part of Laurentian University, it’s not an independent university and again Laurentian is bilingual not French.
Meanwhile Anglophones in Quebec have THREE full english universities, McGill, Concordia and Bishop
You're a grade A moron if you think that requiring businesses to provide services in French as well as English is depriving someone of a right. By that very same faulty logic, the French minority living in Western Canada is being horribly oppressed by finding it impossible to be serviced in their own language.
@Rob M if quebec banned anglo universties what would do?
@Rob M your forgetting about the cegeps that are public and when you are a quebec resident universities tuition is reduced no matter the language only for people outside of quebec it is the full price
As a French teacher, I have to say that it’s unfortunately true that students in Toronto (Immersion or otherwise) almost NEVER have any cultural support for the French they learn in school. It’s an uphill battle to keep it authentic and relevant to their lives. Their families, friends, music, media, everyday society and identity are anglophone. To tell them to stick with French because of a possible leg up in the economy in the future is very abstract and statistically unlikely. I at least try to encourage them to enjoy it.
Same kind of thing happens in the US with Spanish. I took German in high school so you can imagine it being even more difficult to stay motivated and participate actively in a language which is spoken by like less than 5% of the people in my home state and an even smaller percentage spoken natively. I've been learning for almost a decade and I'm still just barely reaching a point of mild fluency where most of the time I'm speaking Denglisch when I try to speak German.
why is that unfortunate? if that's unfortunate then it's identically as unfortunate that you don't magically natively speak Yaqui. you've clearly failed to grasp what JJ said.
Thank you for being rational.
I talk to my family in french since they speak English not well but enough to get citizenship. My friends , I talk to them in both French and English because they generally know both and I know them from my francophone school. Music and media is bassicly English because it's more heard in things like schools etc, so yeah. I don't use French that much.
It's because it's being forced instead of letting it organically grow.
Reading the salty french commenters' comments made learning french worth it.
Lol as a french canadiens this was funny to me.
Glad you learned our language 🙂
An extremely easy situation to this would be to just have translators in the ears of politicians who don't understand French/English. It's what they do in European Parliament. That way being bilingual wouldn't be a requirement for becoming an MP or party or any other high ranking government job.
@@louisd.8928 yeah he’s very sloppy with the truth when it comes to where people are actually required to be bilingual and where it’s simply a realpolitikal one
yet the government is looking at how much french is spoken at home as a success metric. This criteria for upholding language laws is unrealistic
It is amazing how often governments blatantly overlook the simplest solutions.
@@louisd.8928 maybe not for politics de jure but it is a requirement for high level government administrators. Those are people who have worked for years to build up skills in leading large organizations. Do they really need to also be bilingual? Why shouldn’t they just have translators and focus on finding the best leadership.
Translation in parlement? Already exists. LOL.
Interesting you ended this video with a French-language version of "O Canada". Did you know this song was originally composed in French, and then translated to English?
'Translate' isn't quite accurate. You'll notice that the French O Canada has completely different lyrics when properly translated into English
"Translate" isn't quite accurate. "Stolen" would be a better word . You'll notice that the French O Canada was supposed to be a French Canadian patriotic song and even became the unofficial anthem of Quebec. Then, it was stolen by anglophones because they had enough of signing "God Save the Queen" and they liked "O Canada" better then their "The Maple Leaf Forever".
@@nic12344 like all the transfer payments the East steals? cool
Well, as an ignorant American who doesn't wish to take sides in Canada's linguistic disputes, can't speak French, and doesn't even know the English lyrics to "O Canada", could someone provide links to this, including a direct English translation of the French version?
@@dustinwatkins7843 Yes, exactly like that! Just like Alberta will steal it back in a few years from now when they won't be able to sell their expensive oil anymore... As a libertarian, I believe equalization payments should be abolished because they a nuisance to the economic development of the country!
Je suis canadien français ! Mon très bas quotient intellectuel ne me permet pas d'apprendre l'anglais ..je n'ai rien compris de ce qu'il a dit mais je m'estime heureux car j'ai finalement eu la connexion internet dans mon igloo et il me reste assez de sirop d'érable pour finir le mois
best comment ever! (t'as-tu compris ?)
@@HermelThePolyglot bin oui !pis je veux me fouttre de la gueule du monde en écrivant ça 😂😂👌c'est crissement pas vrai
@@jnsn94 you don't say? Hehehe
Pure Genius!!! J'aurais pas mieux dit! C'est pas drôle être aussi jambon pauvre gars. It's ok though, I heard that ignorance doesn't hurt.
@@blackcappedchickadee8469 hahahhahahahaaha 😂 ciboire le monde me prend au sérieux
Scrolling through these comments a year and a half later. Still so much animosity between the most vocal English speakers and the most vocal French speakers.
I mean, I'm a Frenc Candian and I think the English are right
Here is the solution to your language problems. Everyone switch to Spanish.
Qué?
CluelessGmer Qué le fuck?
ESPERANTO
big brain
@@bongboi2831 Student at Job interview in 1980: "What's the social life like in Fort McMurray?"
Interviewer: "Do you speak Cree?"
To answer your question, I don't like your new hair color.
Vas-tu faire une vidéo à son sujet Thomas?
Décalisse le Thomas svp.
Merci
Zoot alors!
Bon, beh écoute, j'pense que c'est le temps d'allez me chercher des Chips.
oof
French speaking people who apply for job in the government need to learn or know a second language (English) also. Same for anglophone. How is it unfair?
For dumb teenagers.... French is haaaard
It's only unfair because some english speakers think they are superior to everyone else and/or are lazy. The hidden goal was to assimilate the french over the generations, not to culturally enrich the english.
I'm not taking J.J.'s side, but his argument is that there are minorities besides French speakers who are not given the same priority as French minorities. He implies that requiring politicians to speak French inherently points their focus at just French and English issues, indirectly causing the same exclusion of other languages. Essentially his point is 'why prioritize knowing French over another second language, when we have translators?' I don't believe J.J. is suggesting that learning a second language is unfair, but that the French Canadian population is in decline, while still possessing a cultural stronghold in the government.
@@TheSpectralFX Je suis Français, ça fait 20 ans que l'Anglais est enseigné depuis un jeune age et pourtant les Français sont loin d'être bilingue, donc c'est quoi le plus dur l'Anglais, le Français
L'Anglais est une des langues les plus difficile au monde (en tous cas le Français est plus simple a parler, demande a un linguiste tu verra que j'ai raison)
I'm French, it's been 20 years that English is taught from a young age and yet the French are far from being bilingual, so what is the hardest English, French?
English is one of the most difficult languages in the world (in any case French is simpler to speak, ask a linguist you'll see I'm right)
@@beefjuice2153 It's the same in all countries, the elite will always find a reason to be in power and it's studies
speaking two languages is a good reason.
We must not forget that they are elected by sweet talk
there is only to see in the debate by comment, there is always someone to criticize grammar or spelling, but not the concept
The elite argument, you are less educated, shut up.
This makes me think of Belgium (unsignificant country if you leave out Brussels and the big port cities like Antwerp). Belgium is divided in six regions: first the 3 linguistic regions (Flanders region, Walloon and Brussels region, German speaking region) and the 3 geographical regions (Flanders region, Brussels region, Walloon region which includes the german parts). Now the thing is, each one of these regions has it's own government, except for the Flemish who fused them. And there is the federal government. So Belgium has 6 almost completely indepent governments for a population of 11 mln. The Flemish speak dutch, the Walloon speak french and some maybe german and Brussels is officially bilingual. They are overall not good at the others language at all, even if we learn all 3 national languages at school in addition to English. No one really speaks dutch as a native tongue in Wallonia. In Flanders, people mostly don't speak French natively, except for this very small community of (previously) rich folks mainly concentrated around Antwerp (nicknamed 'les francophones d'Anvers'). The reason they speak French is that they had money for education in older times, and anything of high class was in French. Now since Flanders is NOT bilingual, they do everything in dutch too and because the social gap is much smaller, most of them speak better durch than French. Now back to the relation between Flanders and Wallonia. It's kinda complicated, and to put it all together, a considerable amount of Flemish would like Flanders independent, whilst Wallonia wants to stay together. Flanders is more right wing, whilst Wallonia is very left wing. Idk why anyone would read this but ok.
Nice summary of the situation. It was really informative. Thank you.
I found it interesting to read as a monolingual American (outsider of outsiders!).
As someone whose native language is Urdu, I agree that English is the dominant and therefore most useful language for individuals to learn to get ahead financially. To preserve culture, yes preserve language, but not to grow the economy. I find it so strange that the same Quebecers that are fighting for their language rights as an oppressed minority are the same ones that oppress their own minorities. In English Canada I can learn English, contribute to the economy and preserve my culture without any issues. It is not assimilative by nature. Whereas in Quebec, you must do as the Quebecers do. I know how to speak French as well, it's a neat language, I want to be fluent but literally won't be attending any immersion programs in Quebec cuz I wear hijab and feel unwelcomed. I have never felt unwelcomed in English Canada.
Yeah they went way overboard there. And unfortunately they’ve become French in all the bad ways too
this one comment encompasses the hypocrisy of Quebec. Respect.
Abandon the death cult of Islam and you'll be fine
@@vulpes7079 Get a job, and some real life skills and you MIGHT be fine.
@@magiccarpets I assume she has both, and so do I
The canadian bilinguism was created to avoid the independance of Quebec. Its a deal the English speaking canadians made to avoid a resurgence of the Quebec indépendance mouvement. In Quebec, passing your english classes is mandatory contrary to other province.
In hindsight, they should’ve never be part of Canada.
They why do so many outside of Montreal speak only French?
@indoctus41 We wouldve separate but we got scammed. First with all those fear monger campaign and next when we actually had a majority of vote for the separation, They decided they needed more than that. in comparison they passed Brexit with a far smaller %.
@@weazz I'll bring out a point from the video: No one wants to learn a language they have no use for
@@Fan1Magic like outside of Quebec nobody having a use for French? Even the French from France think Quebec is stupid. So sure, we have no use for the French.
***As a french Canadien myself, I'll try and respond to this as best I can:***
1. I completely agree that many of the seats of power does not necessarily need french to be filled. However, influential or elected position in the government decidedly requires it. Many Quebeckers vote on whether or not you speak french (This is just the reality).
2. The french university and service fiasco stems from the fact that Toronto is Canada's largest city and is a representation of Canada as a whole. It's normal that the french minority of the city (despite being in Ottawa, some don't exactly have the tightest relation to Quebec, as they were flying a different flag in the clip you presented) would complain about something like this. I *imagine* if a place of worship for another minority was cancelled, you'd get a similar reaction. Doug Ford being... diplomatically challenged doesn't help either.
3. The two nations theory is still true. Back when it was just ontario/quebec, quebec was being oppressed and could not develop the means to expand into the rest of Canada like the English majority could. If they wouldve been given the chance, the french language would be much more prevalent in Canada. Saying that the two nations theorem does not apply feels unjust. (at least, to me)
4. Grouping all ethnic minorities other than French together is shaky at best. They all have different needs, ways of life, voting preferences, etc. You can't lump all of them together to make a point. I would go as to say it borders on racist, but I know you didnt mean it that way.
5. Many Quebeckers still have memories of oppression, and are understandably hesitant to give English Canadians legroom. Almost all of them don't see themselves as benifitors of a political scheme and are only trying to protect themselves by instinct. I honestly suspect Quebeckers'll be more welcoming and friendly in the next 20 years.
6. Overall, the video is great at bringing up a tense issue in Canada's political climate. However, you're not doing yourself any favours by pointing out what is wrong without constructive criticism. Remember, Quebeckers do not think they are more powerful than the English, they're in fact quite fearful. It would've been better to talk about the topic level-headed and without things that may be construed as slander.
How'd I do?
Pepsi Puppy could not have said it better myself! Very well said.
All these comments against the francophones are just filled with prejudices and discrimination. They’re not actually educated comments.
You have to be smart to understand and to want to understand the whole thing fully unlike many others who rather be ignorant and resort to bashing the French because of prejudice attitudes
@@beyondxbeautiful A shame really. I know quite a lot of Quebeckers that are welcoming of the English. It's unfortunate that some English Canadians responds negatively to an outspoken minority and generalizes Quebec, which in turns jades the rest of the population. It's a painful, vicious cycle.
How about only positions in power specific to the area of Quebec be required to be bilingual instead of the whole country. Conversely everywhere else people are allowed to be
English only. Keep in mind that if Quebeckers are suppressing others with over representation, this can create backlash and increase prejudice.
I think it would be better to separate Quebec from Canada.
If some new sense of direction is not found for the country it will separate into
five or more smaller states. The nation does not work together economically or politically in its present state.
@@Billy97ify It doesn't work because you don't believe it can. I could say that the country is doing well on an econimical level. That it's doing well with its immigrants and that it has a good reputation worldwide. Wether you percieve it as working or not is a product of your contexte and interpretations. Just go outside and try to challenge those. Go meet the people and learn about how they actually are doing and how's the country. You might be surprised, or not and still believe we're going into a wall. Either way, if you haven't been in Québec, before making your opinion, I suggest you come here and try to understand comprehensivly its people and history, without any judgement.
Having the English and French requirement further marginalizes other minority language speakers who now need to be trilingual.
Remember, their choice to move to your country. Everyone should learn some of the language of the country that they are immigrating to. It is NOT the host country's responsibility to speak accommodate the rest of the world !
@@valeriehancotte-galan4790 I think he means the natives that were here long before Canada or English.
@@valeriehancotte-galan4790 Yeah, but they shouldn't have to also learn a third, barely useful, minority language on top of learning English just to have any meaningful chance at politics.
@@valeriehancotte-galan4790 no it’s a complete waste of time for migrants to learn a language used predominantly by one province. You Gauls man arrogance doesn’t even begin to describe it.
Yeah many immigrants I know who think about moving from one province to another immediately subtract quebec for there choices cuz they think they need French in quebec even though in montreal they could manage with english.
Canada: Panders to a language minority.
Finland: Hold my beer.
What is this referencing?
@@zombiehorsefranzferdinand9304 We have a much smaller Swedish-speaking majority (around 5% and shrinking). They are concentrated in certain coastal regions and younger generations are increasingly bilingual. Here in Tampere, largest city outside Helsinki region, Swedish language is non-existent. It's been years since I last heard Swedish spoken here - various other languages are present, though. As a colonial remainder, Swedish-speakers still possess a disproportiate amount of wealth and political power, though. The government maintains it for future generations by easier admission standards for Swedish-speaking versions of the most lucrative university programs.
Every pupil and every student in every school level everywhere in Finland learns Swedish. Finland is a bilingual country and we need to guarantee public services in their language you know! (Like there wouldn't be cheaper and more efficient ways...) Young people are highly unmotivated in those classes as they would rather be learning something useful like say, French. On lower levels, you'll pass those courses basically by attending. Which then can backfire in universities. They don't require fluency there, don't get me wrong, not even close. But still, mandatory Swedish becomes a barrier of graduation for many there.
@@rizka7945 thanks. It’s interesting, I’ve never heard anything about that from here in England. Before JJ I only knew the bare minimum about Quebec. I wish there was more stuff like this in the news. Not just US, UK and China.
@@rizka7945 well in general Finnish schools offer a lot of languages so if someone wants to learn French as well (in addition to Swedish) they can do it (for example in middle school I learned English, Swedish and French (and I could've picked German as well if I wanted))
@@prplt You can. I learned German for eight years from the 5th grade to end of high school so I know it is possible in many places. Not everywhere, though. However, back then in 00's, few others did as it was purely an extracurricular activity. The number of volunteers hasn't increased since, on the contrary. Which eventually has an impact on which languages are offered.
Just get rid of mandatory Swedish altogether. Make everyone choose a second foreign language from options available where they live. We would build a generation where everyone would speak English and some other language. (And still, let volunteers learn more as extracurricular activity, of course.) Someone would speak German, someone French, someone Russian, someone Spanish and so forth. Some would still prefer to learn Swedish, even in Tampere. In Vaasa probably most would. Great! I don't know who makes the absolute best choice for themselves. But I know that a collective of people, like a workplace or a hobby group, is much more ready to tackle situations then.
It should be no-brainer and it is for huge majority of people. Even most of elected MPs always agree before the election. Still, nothing happens and nothing will.
You claim that learning French is only accessible for a certain elite and at the same time you seem to agree with Mr Ford cancelling a French university in Toronto. That makes no sense to me.
I think personally that speaking multiple languages is a chance.
There is reason to cancel the French university if it has Ontarian tax dollars behind it, if its a private institution then it would be fine.
The point isn't that everyday anglo-Canadians couldn't learn French, its that they will not have a use for it in their day to day lives practically EVER, and they would only be doing it to appease a minority in the country who is particularly hostile or to get a job in the government.
I mean, its silly to think that the govt should be 50/50 when the population is very clearly not. JJ even points out that if you excluded native English speakers, the native French speakers would still be a minority in the country.
Its silly to force Albertans to learn French when they're never gonna speak it except if theyre trying to be in government is basically the point.
Abiril the Archer regarding the money topic, may I remind you Franco-Ontarians also pay taxes? If the Anglophones in Ontario deserve 20+ universities, the Francophones surely deserve at least ONE french university.
Also is the French University sustainable, and how much does it cost?
Yes. The business plan of the university was developed in close cooperation with the same senior ministry officials who manage funding for the whole university system. The start-up cost for the university is budgeted at $84 million spread over eight years, with half expected to be federal funds. The average annual cost to Ontario is about $5 million for 8 years. This start-up cost amounts to 0.07% of the roughly $6.8 billion spent only in 2017-18 on postsecondary education. Simply put, halting the university’s operations will not lead to any significant savings, and could lead to a net loss through foregone economic activity.
That’s right, only 0.07%. For the 1,5 million Ontarians who know how to speak French, it’s not a lot of money like many of you seem to think
@@beyondxbeautiful this is a fair comment
@@j-fd.5611 Wow that totally doesn't scream oppression, forcing people to do things that they don't need or want. Especially coming from a minority group in a country that totally doesn't scream tyranny or aristocracy.
@@HeavyMetalorRockfan9 Ha!!! Oppressed commonwealth dunce let me shed a tear right now... ok done.
if they are/can learn English to communicate with the rest of us, so why can't we learn french?
good person above
@@connorjohnmark
1)True. Although, it's not like French is an obscure language. There's plenty resources for French online.
2)Absolutely. Again, however, a mere glance at duolingo or other websites can tell you there's a lot of French speakers ready to help.
3)Aye, that they do. It somewhat drives the point home for French speakers in Quebec, though: if we leave our culture unprotected, sooner or later, economic or political forces will force us to assimilate.
4)I disagree there. There's a lot of varieties of French (Swiss, Belgian, Breton, Marseillais, Parisien, Quebecois, Montreal's French, not to mention all the former colonies in Africa and the Caraibes). Horrible French pronunciation is better than not trying to speak French at all and everyone that I know really appreciates when an English speaking person makes the effort to try to say a few words in French, no matter how broken. Moreover, you learn a language by speaking it. There's no other way.
Exactly
@@connorjohnmark "Given that there are a lot of varieties of English and plenty of non-native speakers of English, one can get by with horrible English pronunciation. This is not true for French." Em no, at least people who try to learn (even if their french would be "not perfect") are miles ahead those that would rather complain like J.J. Trying earns a certain kind of respect.
Around 86% of Canadians have a working knowledge of English, while only around 30% have a working knowledge of French. What makes more sense, for 14% of the population to learn English or for 70% of the population to learn French? French is also a useless language in North America everywhere other than Quebec, New Brunswick and maybe a tiny bit of Louisiana. I'm not saying don't learn French, knowing more than one language is great! What I am saying is people should not be forced to learn what is essentially a useless language to them in order to get a job.
I'm fortunate to have been put in french immersion lol. I definitely feel like I do have many advantages speaking both French and English in Canada. Thanks dad!
Name two...
It only means a high probability that you only grasped 50% of the concepts which required full on English.
Wish French is more commonly taught... Didn't start learning kindergarten stuff until 5th grade.....
ENGLISH FRANÇAIS ESPAÑOL PORTUGUES
@@JohnBobRoger ESTADOS UNIDOS HABLA ESPAÑOL BARILOCHE ARGENTINA
Canada: French is one of my official languages
The World: Do you speak it?
Canada: ... o_o
Anglophones tend to stick to monolingualism. Why learn any other language when you can survive pretty much anywhere using English only.
Tbf a lot of countries in Africa have French as an official language due to past colonialism, sometimes it's even the one and only official language, but aside from an educated elite, it's not spoken by many, especially in rural areas.
@@TheAcadianGuy Why waste time when I can spend my time learning something more important? Unless you want to work in W. Africa or Haiti, French is useless
@@w8stral French is the 5th most spoken language in the world. English is first as it is quite easy to learn. Anglophone, in general, are quite lazy intellectually when it comes to learn anything outside their circle of knowledge. I don't blame you for not learning French. In fact, I understand you. It takes smart people to master its grammar and syntax.
@@TheAcadianGuy This is why nobody likes you, Quebec. Just saying.
Tous les commentaires en français me rendent heureuse. Cette vidéo est mal construite et sa compréhension de l'histoire est horrible. Je suis une anglophone qui a appris le français et mainentant je travaille comme une traductrice. Je ne suis pas parfaite mais c'est complètement possible.
Je suis d'accord, il y a complètement ignorée les faits qui ne supportaient pas son argument.
Tout à fait d’accord. Bravo, madame! J’ai fait la même chose que vous, mais à l’inverse. ;)
Mon mari est venu au Quebec des EU come adulte. Il a apris la langue mieux que moi qui est ici depuis l'age de 4 ans avec des parents qu n'avait acune inclination d'apprendre le francais. C'est une question de volonte et une bonne attitude.
@@brennanhuard966 Yep, I totally agree.
Fiona Murray - Juste pour te rendre heureuse, je commente en français. Je suis anglophone européen, de l'Île de Jersey - donc quasi-bilingue, je suppose. Keskil a, ce mec? Sans doute il a raté son examen de français au collège, et en veut à tout le monde. Entre parenthèses, j'adôôre l'accent tchébétchais, pardon, québécois.
You say "32% of all senior rank bureaucrats in the Canadian government are native French speakers" as if that's some excessive amount, but considering 21% of all Canadians are native French speakers it's not like it's grossly disproportionate. Especially since only 57% of the population are native English speakers, and while i can't find any stats on how many senior bureaucrats are native English speakers, i'd wager it's in the high 60s, probably 67%, as i'm not aware of any significant percentage of 3rd language native speakers in the higher ranks of government.
And you keep talking about how learning French is some barrier of entry to Canadian politics that's hard to "afford" while completely ignoring that French is part of the standard public school curriculum in most of the country, it's in no way inaccessible to anyone with desires of getting involved in government. If anything, Ford's actions against French language services in Ontario only makes it _harder_ for non-native speakers to effectively learn the language (though i'll admit, not significantly at this point).
Aside from that, I'd argue that bilingualism is a useful skill in government _regardless_ of what language it is or what position you have or where you're governing (hell, it's a useful skill in life generally, regardless of occupation), being fluently bilingual itself is proof of at least some degree of critical thinking and communication skills which are important for the job, i wouldn't go so far as saying it should be a requirement of every position but calling it "elitist" is just utter crap.
86% of Canadians have a working knowledge of English while only 30% have a working knowledge of French. Quebec makes up around 24% of Canada's population, and most of the French speakers are in that province. So if 32% of bureaucrats are are native French speakers they are overly represented. That's 32% of all government bureaucrats to accommodate the 11% of people who only speak French. According to the 2016 census 75% of Canadians speak English at home, so I'm not sure where you're pulling that 57% bull, 23% speak French at home, and guess what, almost 100% of them live in Quebec. So if 75% of people are choosing to speak English at home, they are in fact underrepresented in our government bureaucracy. Good day to you sir!
@@wiartonwillie7731, New-Brunswick has a lot of french speaker too (32%).
I'm fluently bilingual (or used to be), and a former civil servant. Being bilingual isn't in itself proof of critical thinking. I grew up in Ottawa, and my father was a public servant so they made sure to put my brother and I into french immersion. I didn't make a critical decision to learn the language, my parents made an educated decision. If you're an anglophone bilingualism is more proof of access than anything else. If you're a francophone bilingualism is proof in an interest in the world and culture beyond the borders of La Belle Province.
@@wiartonwillie7731 57% _native_ English speakers, if there's an extra 18% of people who choose to speak English at home, that doesn't mean it's their native language, most likely they're French (or other) speakers who currently live with native English speakers, or who have occupations that require them to speak English and choose to do so at home to keep in practice (I can think of at least a few CZcamsrs i follow that fit that description).
I'm in high school right now in Ontario. Our French program is a joke, I have took it from grade 4-9 and can't speak a work of French even though I want to be able to. And I would want to take it for grade 10+ but for most jobs you have to schedule you years for it completely so I have had to forget about it. So don't say we are lazy when we will never need it unless we are becoming a politician, so our brains focus more on other more important stuff than French
And this is why Quebec and Canada should've parted ways in 1995.
@Paul Tello How exactly can Jews be obsessed with money AND communist?
@Paul Tello Speaking as someone with Jewish heritage, i can assure you I'm not ruling over anything, nor is anyone in my family
Like white privilege?
@@firstnamelastname6926 What about all the disadvantages that come with being Jewish
Bite Me
some people just hate Jews for literally no reason lol
They think Israel is evil and is taking over the United States and the world, and should immediately be destroyed.
However, I’m pretty sure they don’t want to be destroyed by their Muslim neighbors, and they have alrighty sort of attempted to reconcile with Syria. They also say all jews are communist only because Karl Marx was a Jew. But... if communists don’t want money, but jews and communist are same thing? Woooot? Dat nott mak thenth!
Also, I don’t understand where the Jewish privilege thing came from, Hitler just said they have privilege and are influential in Germany (which is not really true, because pretty sure other non-Jewish people were allowed to have business) in literally one of his many speeches and now people think “oh no! jew take money and government!¡”. Only because Hitler said that.
Jew’s don’t seem evil to me.
This reminds be of what Irish could be like in Ireland if a substantial proportion of the population actually spoke it (they don't only about 1.5% speak it daily outside of education) and everyone in Ireland has English anyway so we all just kinda keep learning it school for the sake of it. Which is nice for keeping our culture I guess
Je ne suis pas Canadien. Je suis né aux États-Unis et je n'ai jamais besoin utiliser Français où j'habite parce que tout le monde parle en anglais, pas Français. Il n'y avait pas d'une raison pour moi à l'étudier. J'ai juste étudié parce que je peux.
Je ne peux pas parler ou écrire en Français parfaitement. Non, je suis sûr que j'ai écrit quelques choses incorrectement. Ça fait très longtemps depuis j'ai suivi des cours en Français.
Mais, il y a beaucoup des gens comme moi! Beaucoup des gens qui ont commencé tard, beaucoup des gens qui pensent qu'apprendre une nouvelle langue n'est pas facile! Mais, nous essayons. Quelques gens ont une raison, quelques gens n'ont pas. Quelques gens ont des bonnes resources, et quelques gens n'ont rien. En fait, 56% du monde sait deux langues ou plus! La majorité des gens ont enduré ça!
Apprendre une deuxième langue n'est pas la fin du monde! Bien que souvent j'ai ressemblé un idiot aux gens qui parlent Français, je me sens plus intelligent qu'avant j'ai étudié Français! Mon monde et ma vie sont plus riche!
Si moi, un Américain stupide, peut parler en Français mieux que beaucoup des Canadiens qui vivaient dans un pays avec plus des resources et plus de Français autour d'eux dans la vie tous les jours, ...c'est un peu pathétique, n'est-ce pas?
Je suis tout à fait d'accord avec vous, mais malheureusement, certains, par paresse, ne savent pas profiter des opportunités qui s'offrent à eux. Greetings from Quebec to our American neighbors and friends!
Omelette du fromage, oui oui
Very well said, unfortunately it’s quite sad and honestly embarrassing to see some of my fellow Canadians being so ‘francophobic’ and narrow minded. Their attitudes are based on prejudices and rather than educating themselves they rather spread hate
bonjour sage Anderson je suis francais , et ton francais est tres bon ! tous ce que tu as écrit est très claire ,
bravo mon ami ! le francais est une langue tres difficile donc c est normal de faire des fautes meme les francophones en font ! donc continu ! savoir parler plusieurs langues est une vrai richesse ! moi je parle l anglais et un peu d arabe marocain ! j ai vu qu aux USA le francais acadien est en train de renaître en Louisiane est ce que tu habites la bas ?
Gros, Rom's, iI a un meiIIeur français que toi IeI (Prends pas maI, tu peux m'insuIter si tu veux)
Bref Anderson, à part queIques fautes de sens/Iogique voir un peu de semantique, c'est pIûtot impressionnant !
En BeIgique, nous on doit apprendre 3 Iangues Français, AngIais et NéerIandais ou AIIemand parfois.
Mon probIème est que ça reste compIiqué d'étudier certaines Iangues, comme Ie NéerIandais aIors que j'ai pIus de faciIité en angIais
Anglophone in Qc: 600K
English-language University in Qc: 3
English-language colleges in Qc: 10
English-language hospital in Qc: 11
Francophones in Ont.: 500K
French university in Ont.: 0
French-language colleges in Ont.: 2
French-language hospital in Ont.: 1
Everybody should just use English. I know it's not ethical but look at the Dutch universities, the nordic ones, and the internet. Bilingualism is not only a scam, but also a myth. Language is a tool for communication, not a tool to show how smart you are. Those who wish to reverse the trend of history will be eventually discarded by history. The future is definitely a single language. This is not about race or culture. We need to identify the differences between different sociological concepts.
@@stevexu95 Everybody *should* use english? Why is that? Certainly not. The beauty of foreign languages, what it brings of a satisfaction to be able to speak a new language, how it develops your brain abilities? You just don't care. (?)
If I'm on a video game with germans, I'll insist on speaking german. If I play with belgian or dutch players, I'll do with the best of my abilities to try speaking dutch. I even try with Polish, although they rarely understand me or try to. Just being lazy about doing this effort you could potentially make doesn't mean it's the right thing to do!
Moreover, communication in German is far more interesting than in english, because of how differently you can express and explain some concepts, in my opinion.
I'm "not wishing to go against history" as your statement says, I'm not writing this comment in french as far as i know. 😂 However, I find it hardly justifiable.
My comment does at no point involve race, culture or religion. I don't care at all, I only see potential benefits ^^
And it's not either about showing you're smart. We *are* psychologically able to do so (even for these people who have trouble learning languages, it's nothing immuable), but the circumstances or social norms refrain us from doing so...
I respect your comment but... I'll never agree.
@Rob M you said that in another comment thread and were proven wrong... none of that is true stop trying to trick people into believing it. If you've ever lived in Ontario you'd realise the road signs are usually only in English
@@stevexu95 I graduated from a Dutch university and my partner is a professor at one (she teaches in both Dutch and English), where most bachelor-level programmes are conducted in Dutch. Dutch universities encourage students to learn Dutch because it is how people communicate here. I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.
English-language hospital in Qc : 18 (16 on the island of Montreal btw, more than the total of French language hospitals on that same island, even though native French speaking people are still more numerous)
Oof. Hard logic hurts. I'm a bilingual anglo-Canadian born and raised in Alberta, and I'm very attached to French, maybe a little too much. Many of my friends are franco-Albertan, and I'm very interested in Quebec culture and language. I'm doing my best to become fully fluent, and I believe I'm well on my way. I think French will open many doors for me and I'm very glad to have learned it, however, I'm not sure if those doors should have been closed in the first place. Thanks for the quality insights!
Exactly the doors shouldn’t be closed
I feel like I’m in a slightly similar situation to you, I am a bilingual Anglo-Canadian born and raised on Vancouver Island. I too have a soft spot for Québécois culture and the French language as a whole. But I feel like my ability to speak French shouldn’t put me above my fellow British Columbians if I want a federal government position. B.C has only ever had one prime minister, and that was Kim Campbell...
Merci pour ce beau message et vous avez entièrement raison, la porte ne devrait pas être fermée en premier lieu et ce n'est pas à vous de vous offrir vous-même ces opportunités mais bien au Canada de le faire et pour tout le monde. Au Canada anglais, on enseigne le français très basique très tard dans le système d'éducation et malheureusement aucune chance pour les élèves d'atteindre un niveau de fluidité compétant avant de quitter l'école alors qu'au Québec, et en tant que fils d'immigrant, je peux vous dire qu'on enseigne l'anglais et le français en même temps et que j'ai appris les deux à l'école! Je vous ai écris en français pour que vous puissiez vous pratiquer un peu :)
Merci je l’apprécie!
Congrats for the endeavours you have made !
I totally understand people being reticent to learn French when they live in places like Alberta or British Columbia.
But I met native anglophone Montréal residents who couldn't speak French.
Those people are just being lazy or are too old to give a damn. But everyone else should not need to learn a language because a few people dont want to learn it.
@@hexa3389 Quebec is a free society. If someone doesn't want to learn French cause they can live in English that's their business.,
@@jeffreykaufmann2867 that's exactly what I'm saying...
@@GooseQcLeRoi you don't need to know French to serve in the German government and vice versa.
@@GooseQcLeRoi The majority? 47% of Quebecers know how to speak English and 94.5% know how to speak French so stop complaining. There's a lot of Trilingual people on the Island of Montreal.
So I am a quebecker and work for the federal government and yes, most positions require you to be bilingual. While you can argue that this favors French people as more of us are actually bilingual, we do have to learn English in the first place. English is a mandatory school subject in Quebec. By the time you graduate high school, you have give or take 7 years of English classes to your curriculum. It's not like we're born in bilingual homes or anything. Now I used to have a manager who spoke little French which was holding her back, keeping her from higher positions. Well guess what, the government sent her on a full year of French training, still getting her salary while not actually being at work since she was learning French. My point is, most bilingual people had to put in the work to that effect. I do like some points you're making but remember that Quebec is always making waves because we do have a language which isn't the omnipresent English one, and we're afraid of being slowly assimilated by the dominant culture.
Like the natives?
Relax, Canada doesn't have a dominant culture, if French Canadians follow the anglo's standard? Then they are very weak minded
@@ericktwelve11 Hi Erick, for starters I was quite relax when I wrote this, as I still am. Culture is probably not a word I should have used since my thoughts were really aimed at the language. That being said, I wasn't limiting this only to Canada but rather Canada and the US which makes french much more of a minority than putting it in opposition to the ROC. Of course English being omnipresent does make it easier for us to learn it and practice it and I'm not out of touch with the ridiculousness of let's say a federal employee, who works in Regina let's say, to have to be able to speak french. If there are 43% of federal positions that require a certain degree of bilingualism, I'd be curious to know how any of those 43% are in fact in the National Capital Region; mostly because you'd be exposed to french a lot more in Ottawa and I would argue that it is a crucial asset to go up the government ladder, not merely because it's mandated but rather because you're sitting on the actual Quebec border.
As for "French Canadians follow the anglo's standard? Then they are very weak minded", I really have no idea what you're trying to say, but it sounds rather mindless to me.
@@partytilyoupuke321 Me as a latino born in Canada, I don't follow Anglo Canadian standards, what I mean by that? I mean Canadian has no culture, I was raised in a Latin American single mother household spoke only in Spanish and eat food from back home, so I think differently and follow my mother's culture more, why do you think a lot of immigrants don't integrate in Canada? because there's no dominant culture here, when I have my own kids, I'll teach them Spanish, it such a beautiful language, I don't want my kids lose it and not to follow anglo Canadian standard because it's bland, lack of family values, cold culture and etc ,we may not be rich economically but culturally we're rich, so if people wants to speak only English and lose their native tongue, than they're weak minded .
@@ericktwelve11 Thanks for expanding more on what you said earlier, let's just say you're original comment needed more meat around the bone. You're letting me know you understand the need we have to preserve our language, our culture as French Canadians, and all the merits to you for wanting to preserve your own as well. I think your mistaken to say that there isn't a dominant culture, at least in the historical context of Quebec and its relation with the rest of Canada. Nowadays, Canada is indeed an inherently multicultural nation which makes it a lot more a matter of perspective and I wouldn't expect you to have the same as I do. But like you implied, maybe unknowingly, French Canadians aren't weak minded (at the very least not on the topic of actively preserving our culture,) but it is still driven by a notion of fear of being assimilated, a notion that is still very alive in the imagination of French Canadians, whether it's warranted or not.
You're so removed from the reality of eastern Canada. The statistics are not weighted (%/population), and just as you said, are self-reported. A lot of the people I know call themselves bilingual can only speak functional English and could not hold a conversation nor file government papers in English. Outside of Montreal, most Quebeckers only speak French and almost never have to speak English after high school. Quebec is NOT bilingual; downtown Montreal is. What would be unfair is to ask people who do not get the chance to speak English in their daily lives to suddenly have so many barriers put in front of them just to be able to function as citizens. Who wouldn't want their own country after that?
Quebec has only one official language and it is French. West-island is very English. And where you might need your English is the Eastern Township (Granby-Sherbrooke region)
iJxrxmy non, c’est faux. La majorité des gens qui vivent au West Island (j’ai grandi ici) sont bilingues et spécialement la nouvelle génération. Nous parlons couramment le français, il s’agit simplement de le pratiquer
La majorité des Québécois (je suis) ne veulent pas d’un pays, c’est de l’histoire ancienne. Point. En passant, concernant l’anglais au Québec, il est tout à fait possible de le pratiquer à plusieurs endroits à travers la province. Lorsque tu parles d’un Anglais fonctionnel c’est déjà bon, nous avons la chance ici de pouvoir pratiquer 2 langues. En Amérique latine et ailleurs dans le monde les gens n’ont clairement pas cette chance encore moins de pratiquer with some English native speakers. Le fait de voyager dans le monde nous ouvre les horizons sur les langues et je me compte chanceux de pouvoir parler français quand je vais en France ou Belgique et anglais quand je voyage aux États-Unis. J’ai cette chance, car je pratique les 2 langues couramment.
Nowadays, with modern standards of education, even a middle class person like, me was able to learn English at school, and that in the middle of "Bas Saint-Laurent", basically it means that in the whole region there must be 2 English speakers, 2 Chinese and 4 Africans lol. Obviously I have an accent as I don't speak it everyday, but I in many occasions I was able to have a conversation with English speakers and they could understand me very well
@@olyl3859 Selon les dernières stats que j'ai vu, le support de la souveraineté est vers les 30%
As a French Acadian NB who speak french like 80% and I can speak english but only like 20%. I prefer talking in french because I sound more stupid in english. So quebec would have no chance.
I recently moved to NB. I really like the Acadian accent.
You want me to speak brayon strain of French?
Same here!
I thought all the Acadians were gone
*Speaking in French
I don't see it as a long-term problem. If it's too much of an issue, Canada and Quebec will just become two separate nations, with two different cultures.
As a Texan I can assure you that that ain't going to happen, I mean this isn't a real issue for 9/10 of the people, and the government of Quebec has a fairly anti-American standpoint, let's not kid ourselves if the government of Quebec even attempted to move towards independence they would be laughed out of existence.
Now if they tried to move twards gaining their independence militarily then the CIA would simply make sure that they all had "accidents".
No I'm sure this issue will simply be ignored until some other less egregious minority group outnumbers the french fries and simply makes them irrelevant enough that there won't be any political will to side with them and they alongside their language and their silly little traditions will simply fade into the background much like the large German minority did here in Texas when they were superseded by the Latinos.
@@anarchyandempires5452 Our governement doesn't have an "anti-American standpoint". Only the medias did, until Biden came in office, obviously. The people hated Trump so hard, but when you look at their personal values, everything indicates a lot of them would like Trump if they actually knew something.
Why would the CIA give a fuck? The US would let it happen and try to benefit the situation, just like what anyone else would do.
And yes, it will be probably ignored. The anglo culture and the progressists love to destroy nations. They destroy them with immigration, the idea of "acceptance" , the fight of against "racism" (dividing the population I should say) and the loss of basic moral values. But not only Québec and our culture will be lost, all of the western civilizations will, eventually.
Yee what about New-Brunswick?
@@anarchyandempires5452 Texas doesn’t speak its own language
@@lecoureurdesbois86 don't kid yourself the CIA would definitely care to help one of its allies out
that Quebec youtube guy isn't going to be happy about this.
He murdered JJ with powerfull argument last video he made
Gauthier
Who cares.. he's French. Maybe if he makes a video in English we will care
@@koopadaquick9862 *Frappe la table en anglais.*
@@Michael-di7bg frappe*
You can not represent a community if you don't even speak the same language. Its a right for French Canadians to be represented with people who speak their language. Most of them are born in an environment where they only speak French, then why are they able to speak in both English and French, but most anglo Canadians aren't?
So then people who cant speak French have no right to be in government. You cant take someone's rights just so you get to feel better
Man I'll Probably regret this yeah and if they immigrate in quebec they’ll speak french
The world runs on English, not French.
Man I'll Probably regret this you really want to push this “everyone speaks English BS” but French is officially spoken in more countries than English which invalidates your argument, and if you continue to argue the quality of those countries( mostly African) compared to Anglophone ones (which would be UK, Australia, Hong Kong and South Africa) you’re just making an ass out of yourself. I think it’s more important for you lazy ass English speakers to not just learn a language out of need (which I’d argue you need anyways) but out of interest, or just give Quebec independence otherwise it’s just cultural cleansing. Saying that 25% speaking it is not enough for the “privileges” they get is straight up fascist. Oh am I being a extreme snowflake. No Im not. You guys are all products of colonies so there’s no arguing on who has the right on this land and since days of ethnic cleansing is over and unwanted either suck it up and learn French or stop bitching about it cause that whole “we’re slowly gonna assimilate them anyways is not gonna work”. Also I know you hadn’t said many of this things and you would argue that you haven’t implied them either, and you can do that. But my reply has to do more with this low-key fascist/Imperial attitude of English speakers who think the world is theirs, and soon everybody will speak their tongue. Especially towards French which is just absurd since French is one of the most spoken languages because of the imperial influence it had too.
@[Insert name] The computer or phone that you typed that on is powered by code, code is in English. The language of the internet is English, the language of business is English, and the language of transportation is English.
Canada's bilingualism policies are silly in comparison with Swiss language policies. Switzerland has 4 official languages: French, German, Italian and Romansch. Romansch is an old Italian dialect that is only spoken in a few small valleys. Any Swiss federal document can be published in French or German or Italian. Translation into any of the other federal languages is optional. Swiss are far more polite to the countrymen - who speak another language - than Canadians are to each other. A few years back, I was invited to teach a course in Switzerland. Students spoke: French, German, Italian, Serbian, English, etc. but we quickly settled on French as the most common language and conducted the bulk of the course in French. Only one student was unilingual French. I speak fluent English and French, speak the basics of German and Spanish and greet my co-workers in another dozen languages: Africans, Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portugeuse, Punjabi, Slav, Spanish, etc.
So you're saying the Swiss are smarter ? 😋
That might be true, actually. Only an IQ test on the general population could allow us to know for sure ^^.
Politicians who don't speak French will not get the "French" vote....sorry!
Why are english speakers so lazy? In Europe everyone speaks atleast two languages, except the british of course
Alfred Gotemark and except the French, and the Spanish, and the Italians, and most of Eastern Europe. Oops. I guess your statement has a lot of exceptions, huh! 🤣
People from USA are the same...
@@darexdarex All the countries you quoted have a higher average number of languages spoken than UK, and still very close to two. It is a known linguisitic fact that english grammar and pronunciation is harder to master for a romance language speaker than for a germanic language speaker.
Why do people care about French? Why not other languages?
You are very ignorant about the UK and Europe. You should get a passport and travel a lot more.
In México we are demanded to speak fluent english in order to obtain a management job with a moderate level of reponsability, and I presume that in the rest of the world is not different. I don't understand why you are so mad about burocrats being demanded to be bilingual. I don't see why it's "excessive" to give benefits to the minorities. Minorities shouldn't have to "suck it up" and just adjust to the way of life of the majorities, that is not democracy. Instead, both sides should work together in order to shorten the language disparities, so you can build a stronger nation for the future of all citizens.
Very interesting about Mexico and it makes very good sense - thank you. Perhaps the difference from Canada is that Spanish will always be the dominant language of Mexico for social and cultural needs and in retail commerce; even while English spreads in industry and higher levels of business. Probably all jobs requiring technical skills will need reasonable English soon, because so much of 21st century technology is based on English. Mexico perhaps recognises this before the rest of Latin America!
Here in Brazil if you want to set yourself apart from everyone you have to learn a second language, usually known as english. I've learned by my own and everyone seems impressed when they hear this, undeveloped countries can be as lazy as these anglos, but they do have to learn another language, unlike anglos who can be just fine with their language.
That's the perk when your ancestors colonized and made empire business all over the damn globe
It’s not like that. It’s how it’s being implemented. Especially in my province because it’s the only official bilingual province but has an English majority.It is about how it affects the English who are required to learn French who live in a predominantly English area. There are people who learn French only to never have to speak it so they end up losing the language skills anyway. Instead of requiring every employee to be bilingual, only a certain number should be so that if a French speaker needed service, it would be available. That’s practical. The right to having services in your language fromthe first person you talk to isn’t as important as the right to be eligible for jobs where you are qualified. People who are qualified get tossed aside for someone who is bilingual. Even if they are less qualified. It’s just about making it work right.
@@mercurialshift5793 but French speakers are also required to speak English, and if you go to any other country you will realize that if someone wants to succeed he has to learn at least English. You are probably not aware of this, but you Anglo speakers are actually lazy when it comes about learning a new language, you want everybody to speak English but you refuse to learn other language.
You need to learn a second language poor you must be really hard ;) In Montréal most peaplo speak 3 languages, in Switzerland peaplo speak 4 languages, go to Cuba and see how Cubain learn 5 languages ... why is it so hard for an anglo-saxon to learn a different languages?
Next: You should do the ultimate haters magnet video: The Irish community of Quebec
Could you or somebody explain this to me?
My great grandmother was an Irish Quebecer and she loathed the French protestants with a passion
@@mattydraps5170 as one should. like how Irish Americans loved black women
@@mattydraps5170 There weren't too many French Huguenots in Quebec, especially as they were not allowed to immigrate there.
Quebec has an Irish Community????!??!!!!!!
I live in the Netherlands. To pass high school we're expected to be reasonably fluent in English and French or German. Many higher ranking jobs require knowledge of English and oftentimes also German or French. I don't see the problem in having to learn one extra language in school.
the problem is that the schools are shit at teaching it.
another problem is that people around the world learn English because it's guaranteed to be useful in society and everyday life. Pouring resources into French instruction in a country that already speaks the universal language would just exacerbate the problem that J.J. is talking about here.
English and Dutch are VERY Similar.
@@Mullkaw Is French really THAT Hard to learn?
@@cakeisyummy5755 No, and neither is English, yet you seem to struggle with it seeing as you completely misunderstood both the video and my comment.
Uhh, how can you even say there's a french elite in Canada? Even in Quebec, until 60-70 years ago, French-Canadians had no choice but to do the lowest of jobs as most businesses and companies were owned by wealthy Anglophone aristocrats. Nowadays the situation has improved quite a lot and everybody gets along, but in the rest of Canada most high-paying positions in companies are occupied by Anglophones. Which is normal, as the rest of the country is mainly English-speaking. But don't whine about a "french elite" when there isn't one.
I travel across Canada all year long. Work in BC and ontario In the summer, in Alberta in the winter, and in quebec for the rest of the year.
Tourism, forestry, farms and restaurants mostly.
This guy is just plain delusional. Take it from a guy who interacts a lot with people from all over. Canadians and tourist.
@@yannickchayer1609 Yeah this guy is plain dumb tbh. He's salty for not knowing french. Move to quebec and don't talk to anyone in english you'll pick it up quickly and he might learn a thing or two. The idea is simple, Anything from the Gov of Canada should be billingual...anything from other provinces but ontario....well they can be english.Anything from Quebec needs to be french (although a lot is available or partialy available in english AND even if they don't know english the people who work there will try to help you in english. It's called respect)
james c True. It’s been that way since 1764. And you know what they say : winners write history. I’m not trying to play the victim here, but we clearly are discriminated against and this guy sadly tells us how the rest of Canada sees us.
LOL!! The modern Québécois are literally the most elite class in Canada.
The Military and the trades. You will get to an elite status very quickly if you flaunt your bilingualism.
Just don't send us the army when we separate, and everybody will be happy.
On les a battus a chateauguay avant, on peut le refaire
@@mikael8763 chu d'accord avec toi dans un sens mais malheureusement y a le fucking OTAN qui prendrait ça comme une attaque envers leur allié le Canada... si la France se met de notre bord ça pourrait aider mais ça risque d'être pas évident (comme avec les Catalans). Ce qui serait nice c'est que la population canadienne soit comme «ok criss allez vous-en donc ça nous tente pas de tuer nos soldats pis de dépenser nos taxes pour vous autres» lol
I’m from Ottawa and it can be VERY difficult to get a decent job there, in the government or not, unless you’re fluently bilingual. I really regret not taking French all the way through high school and beyond. But it’s never too late to start again! However, yes, outside of ON, QC and NB and the public service, there isn’t as much pressure to learn it, so hence why most English ppl aren’t bilingual.
It’s never too late to learn French. It might just be a bit more challenging
Hello
In most populated parts of Ontario you absolutely never hear French anywhere. Go to Toronto area….who speaks French….not many ppl
It’s like listening to Lord Durham in the 1830’s about the French Canadians « a people with no littérature and no history ». French might not be as useless now if English provinces haven’t made so much effort in assimilating Francis. Ontario made it illegal to go to school in French for over 30 years. It did irreparable damage to the French people. The country is just honouring its bilingual heritage.. finally. And now people like you are crying. In live in east Canada. This fight between both sides is pretty much over. I don’t get why western conservative wants to keep it alive..
At this point, his obsession with how the rights of French Canadians supposedly oppress the right of English Canadians is just laughable. 😂
Marc André The guy’s from BC as well. He’s so far away from Quebec that he has created this extremist view of Quebeckers. I bet he’s never even met a francophone.
@@axelthegreat3895 Indeed he wrote in a major American newspaper that all Francophone Quebecers are racist but he doesn't understand why the National Assembly denounced him and now he just hates all French Canadians 😂
Hey Marc. you remember about speak white and how they oppressed the french speakers in the past? They are so hypocrite, but when a war will happen we will be the one protecting Canada lol. They are a bunch of SJW that always blame us.
@@joeairbender267 of course I remember speak white. But JJ isn't a SJW how could a conservative be one? He's just a francophobe like most conservatives from the West.
@True, but he's a shallow conservative, only hates French people because we were mean with him at one time.
As a person whose first language is neither French nor English, I would like to say that you come across as being anti-French Language just for the sake of being Anti-French language. I believe that everyone would be better off and if they spoke more than one language.Setting aside for a moment the many languages of Canada's indigenous peoples, the English and the French were the two basic linguistic groups in modern history that shaped this country. Learning a second, or even a third language, opens us up to all sorts of different perspectives. Chosing French as an official language along with English can be seen as a unifying force within Canada. I learned French in school, and although I am a bit rusty, I find that it is very useful. Many great works of literature were written in French, and the musical culture of the French in Quebec, in New Brunswick and elsewhere in Canada enriches us all. Why not open your mind and give it a try?
You are a wonderful person, merci d'exister
Unnecessary for the majority to learn a minority language. The vast majority of English speakers will never need to speak French. The vast majority of the world does not care about French literature. This is coming from someone who lives in a French area of the Maritimes.
And yet, there are Swiss citizens who speaks all 4 official languages (or at a very minimum, most speak German AND French). Plus English. So yeah, booohooo for unilingual anglo Canadians.
That’s because you’re exposed to the languages throughout your life. In Canada it’s different.
i think this video speaks truth. i like french, and am trying to learn it, but it does give the french-speaking minority a disproportionate amount of power.
As a bilingual French Canadian who's first language was French, I find language laws to be abhorrent and oppressive in nature, forced upon by people too afraid/lazy to change with the times.
This shit has never affected me in any way
The ending of that statement is very true
Not every change that occur naturally is good. Diversity is a good thing too. Many small countries fight to protect their smaller culture and language. If not, the biggest, richest and most powerful will eventually take over. And today this means American culture and English language.
@acharat6 Sure, and why is that a bad thing? Personally I give 0 fucks about culture or language or any of that lame stuff. I want affordable goods, access to a wide variety of amenities and good social programs for me, my family and society around me. Globalization seems to be the path forward and forcing to preserve culture only holds back progress.
Well basically all you want is money and comfort. Personally I think there's more to life than just that. And globalization "seemed" the be the path forward in the last 30 years maybe, but another trend is showing if you observe the world of 2023: Brexit, economic sanctions against Russia and China, increasing European support to limit immigration all point towards country borders becoming relevant again.@@davidlegare5021
I'm an anglophone and I took French from elementary school and high school and a little bit in college, and have dated some French women; I haven't ever had to use it outside of the classroom or at best very rarely
@@BurnBird1 He attended French classes up through college. What other "opportunities" do you think English Canadians have to learn French?
To play devil's advocate: Quebec is a heavy hitter in Canadian politics. Quebec is the second largest province by population, with the second highest GDP in the country. And nearly 80% of its population are native French speakers. So yeah, when you have a province that majority speaks a language other than English, that other language should most DEFINITELY have a place at the national table. Regardless of the national rates of bilingualism.
Quebec gets extra rights that they don't deserve because politicians want them to remain part of Canada. The rest of Canada sees this special treatment and it does create resentment. The second highest GDP is because the population is large. Quebecers have low incomes when compared to much of Canada and they recieve a shit ton of money in the form of transfer payments. They are not "haves" when it comes to Canada, but rather are spoiled children that have their hands out and demands special rights not afforded to other Canadians. There is a good portion of Canada that could care less if they left. And I am bilingual.
We are like the Texas of Canada.
The rest of Canada with Alberta doing most of it, subsidizes Quebec with massive amounts of money. It's absolutely sick how much of a free ride Quebec gets.
I don’t see why any of that matters when it comes to whether or not French has a place at the national table.
Spencer O'Dowd It does not Actually you completely missed the point.
You look like a fortnite streamer
A particular Fortnight streamer?
@Am I disabled I’m not someone to judge people on appearance and put them in a category because of looks but yes. You are 100% right. He does look gay. No offence if you read this J.J. and think it’s offensive. 💞
Hahahahahahahaha
Wass popping CZcams
I gave you a thumbs up only because I wanted to the 250th like.
This is similar to the fight within higher education to publish in Hebrew vs English in Israel. For them Hebrew is also part of the identity and using English rankles some people.
I think this is an international issue that most anglophone countries are not even aware of. You have to publish in English to be considered in the top of your field. I mean, it does make sense, English being one of the lingua franca, but it still hurts our pride not to publish in our own language.
@Jose i think about that all the time, and it really bothers me. maybe we should just go back to everyone speaking Latin 😂
You can Publish in Both language.
@@IDontKnow-pf6en Lojban would be a better International Language.
@@cakeisyummy5755 translation services can be expensive at times. There was one CZcams or who said they paid $200 to have a very long video subtitled. I think it should be offered by institutions as a free service.
I'm from Cameroon. Cameroon is also a bilingual county with the French speakers being the majority. I'm from the English speaking minority. Here in my country discrimination against us the English speaking minority is enormous.
Yeah, I've heard there were riots going on in the English-speaking regions. I hope this is gonna stop somehow, apparently even your president barely cares.
I am french and have gone to Cameroon three times. And I can tell you and to everybody that the cameroon problem is much worse. Here, in Canada, nobody is killing nobody. They argue maybe yelling loud but keep peaceful relationships between them. In Ambazonia (wich is the name English speakers give to their cameroonian territory) army commits murders. Every week some people are executed roughly by the Army. French speaking or english speaking, the cameroonian governement is an dictatorship wich kills his own people. C'est impardonnable !
In a lot of countries having a french language community seems to cause internal issues like in: Belgium, Canada and Cameroon
@@beu9245 what exactly are you implying?
@@beu9245 internal? you mean as in: up their anglo arses you mean? Sure. And why not?
I’d be worried for you if you went to Quebec
(Edited) Wow this got a lot of likes jeez
@@emileroberge9459 Committing an act of violence against someone you disagree with, how mature.
@@emileroberge9459 you're not really helping the stereotype that Quebecers are hot headed cry babies
@@redacted3504 what can we expect from a minority?
I was joking
I just want french to stay the primary language of Quebec
I wish the school system had a better curriculum of teaching us French. I swear we were literally taught the same few lessons for years. I know barely anything about how to speak the language. And now they keep pushing back when kids are learning French. They now start at grade 6.
I wonder if tensions wouldn't be as serious if more people could actually learn and speak French.
and french immersion programs pretty much become unrealistic for the child after kindergarten.
Born in Saskatchewan and am currently in High School. Most elementary schools teach no French whatsoever. You only learn French if your parents decided to put you in one of the very few french immersion schools, or if you decided to pick it up in high school. I was always interested in learning French, but got discouraged from a lot of people so I never ended up taking it.
@@bigchef8521 I get it. I was discouraged to because of how poorly the subject was taught and so was most people I know.
Here in Québec they start teaching you English at school at, I think around at least 3rd grade or something.
Also I admit French has gotta be pretty hard to learn if you don't live around it, though I think he's really one sided and out of touch with the situation in québec, people here have as much use for English as you guys do for French, I NEVER use English in my day to day life, everything's in French (except for on the internet or with my dad), despite this, here in Montréal you can't even get a job if you don't speak English (mostly to serve the English minority, tourist or immigrants), we have tons of English hospitals and universities, our politicians even do English debates, and we have less anglos here than there are francos in Ontario. Kinda makes you wonder why we give them so many services while we get treated like crap in other provinces...
As someone who grew up in southern NB, and thus only speaks English. And now in my adult life, constantly having bilingualism now being used as a metaphorical roadblock in not just career advancement, but getting work in the first place, I have grown to despise Quebec and what they call "French" with every English fiber in my body.
Hi JJ, i'm from Italy, which is a country which recognize 6 state level languages , for example french in a region that borders France, but besides the regions that have the minority language, they are not used outside their original regions and everyone mostly speaks italian, so if you go to a region you can see things written in italian and french, then move to another one and see things written in italian and german, but they don't get special places in goverment because of the language they speak. Translator and mediator can help if someone doesn't speak italian well enough.
Yep! Almost all other nations work this way, including India which has 26 official languages. You are only need to know one of the local languages to hold a government job. Translators are the solution to Canada's problem, but once a group has been given power, they do not want to give it up.
Actually Italy only has one national official language, Italian. Then there is builingualism at a regional level as you said, French and Italian in Valle d'Aosta and German and Italian in Trentino-Alto Adige (although only in Alto Adige they actually speak German)
there are more recognized languages than just german and french, and in some situations they can also have matters on a national scale, but the way it's implemented in Italy, as you said it, on a regional level, makes it that one minority languages doesn't carry more power than "italian", the most common language, a lingua franca between everyone in our country, so i think something like it can be used in Canada as well(a rare case where some italian laws work better than a canadian one lol)
In Canada, abbiamo due lingue ufficiali. Vivo in Ontario ma parlo francese. I miei antenati arrivarono in Canada nel 1673 e da quel momento parlavamo francese in Canada. La presenza francese in Ontario risale a più di 400 anni. È normale che vogliamo che il governo fornisca servizi nella nostra lingua, in particolare nei settori dell'istruzione e della salute. Questa persona non ha contatti reali con la popolazione francese canadese e diffonde solo divisione e disinformazione all'interno del nostro paese.
That's a ridiculous comparison, Mr. Fois.
The majority of those 'languages' are what in English we call 'Dialects', and the two largest non-dialectical groups are English and French, one of which is ubiquitous in the upper classes of the world, and second of which is barely on the other side of dialect.
Ok good, I was worried the french canadians were beginning to like you again.
I still like him though :/
WHO DAT
I’m an anglophone Quebecer lol, I Suck at French
Im a french Canadian and I still like him
i never hated him tbh
The same situation is happening in Hong Kong where Cantonese vs Mandarin is a contentious issue. As a native Cantonese speaker I have never succeeded in learning Mandarin. Mandarin is NOT an official language yet (actually English is). After the 2019 protests I think more and more young people resist learning Mandarin to preserve Cantonese. Those who choose to learn Mandarin usually do it for practical reasons like finding a job. But with the growing influence of CCP over HK, there will be more elites serving the interests of CCP and speaking Mandarin
As Russian I can only be happy for French speaking people in Canada and wish you to stay such strong as you are.
In Russia here are hundreds of different nationalities and I was growing in one of them. It's sadly to see how people there assimilating with Russians and lose their identity, language and culture.
It will happen with you if you will leave your identity.
The more colors of flowers garden has - the more it's beautiful.
And yeah, it's probably weird that Russian guy commenting here, but I'm learning English with these videos and learning geography in this time :D
Respect Quebec
Thank you man. Slava Rossiya! (I don't have cyrillic alpahabet on my computer! lol)
@@coincoindelacanardiere3958 Viva la France!
@@pteeradukteel it will not happen to us because we have a law that was put on by the government of Quebec. The law 101 but thanks for your concern. And by the way the slogan is : Vive le Quebec libre (said by Charles de Gaulle) or maybe you wanted to say Vive le français. Greetings from Canada
A commie supporting instability. Could you get any more obvious Vlad?
If you lose your entire culture because you changed your language, there's something wrong with your culture
First Canadian I have ever heard seriously saying "A boot" ... you're making us look bad.
As a Yank, I hear this often enough... but my ear might be more sensitive to it when its less obvious.
Yeah, makes me wonder if he's not Canadian. It is an unrealistic stereotype.
Yeah y'all look bad
I'm Canadian and didn't even know Canadians said that till the internet.
Listen to him say "out"
If he weren't faking, they would be the same sound.
Being bilingual isn't being a member of an elite group, its possessing a skill that was earned though study and experience. Its not discrimination to hire bilinguals for high government positions no more then it is to higher people with master degrees above undergrads, it just serves a purpose. Honeslty if you want those jobs, just learn french. Its simply just a skill required for administration.
@Rob M Good for you... but Spanish is not an official Canadian language.
I can speak 4 languages, but I'm not considered bilingual because I don't speak frog.
Whodarboi Lebamnames let me guess... you speak squirrel, chipmunk, and sea bass?
@@blacksmith67 I speak Punjabi, Hindi and German
@@blacksmith67 How many languages do you speak, 2? A language which sounds disgusting compared to true French and okay English.
Thanks to the linguistic law in Quebec, currently in 2021 the English are 70% bilingual and before the linguistic law, the English were 30% bilingual.
In Quebec, the French are 50% bilingual and outside Quebec, the French are 90% bilingual and the English outside Quebec are 10% bilingual.
So it seems that the English are the most racist in Canada and Canadian multiculturalism is just bullshit.
Voilà 😘
do you consider it «racist» to not be bilingual or
@@bruabba de ne jamais faire d’effort est xénophobe et méprisant…oui.
@@bruabba 30% per cent of anglophones living in Quebec are not bilingual and for me it is definitely racism. Nowhere else in the world will you see 30% of a community coming from another country and living in Italy not speaking Italian and the same in Portugal, Greece, the Netherlands, Germany, China, in Japan or anywhere in the world. But here in Quebec, if a French person dares speak French to an English Quebecer, he's a racist and that really pisses me off.
I am very angry with all the Canadian-English hatred toward Quebec and I never heard anything nice about us from one English Canadian, the only thing English Canadian love from Quebec it's our territory.
Language is not a race. They are just bigots.
You don't like the fact your country has 2 languages? Try living in Switzerland , Belgium and Luxembourg
Those countries actually have decent language education, though?
@@SirWeirdGuy Canada doesn't?
@@oconservadorr Yes
As someone who lives in Ontario, Specifically Toronto where the French university was going to be, I disagree with much of what you have said.
As some one who has spent a not insignificant portion of my life in Ontario's north, I can say that French is much MUCH more common then how you present it and had as much to do with how the country was SETTLED as it does any inter-provenance migration.
French language services are soarly needed in Ontario and the fact that the government sees fit to ignore that burns my bacon.
And no. I am not a French speaker. I just happen to see the need for French services in Ontario.
Ontario is doing fine. In case you did not notice French is becoming a smaller and smaller minority as Canada grows.
@@bigknee1 yeah... but do you Really know why??? It's because, throughout Canada's history (wich, by the way, is much more darker than you might have been led to believe), the english canada has alway had the ultimate goal to assimilate ALL other "strangers"... especially the french speaking one. For example, did you knew that the term "canadiens" were only referring to the francophones before the 1950's? The rest of Canada were referring to themselves as "brittons' or more simply as english. But the worst problem there is in the english canada, is actualy the Order of Orange...wich is an ultra racist and protestant organisation that has always promoted the violence towards the french canadians! Take for example the burning down of the first "United Canada Parliament" that was located in Montreal, on april 25 1849. Look it out and learn what that "organisation" has really been doing, and continue to do, to put oil on the fire that's been burning for centuries between anglophone and francophone since the conquest! How the federal government , prior to the 1995 referendum broke the elections law to prevent Québec from declaring it's independence from Canada... and so on and so forth. You could also read a lot more on the TRUE history of this country when it comes to the french speaking people in the "Black Book of Anglish Canada" by Normand Lester.
@@bigknee1 And that's the tragedy. Seeing people whose last name is Tremblay, Gagnon, Simard not speaking one word of French is sad (as much as someone named Wang not speaking one kind of Chinese is sad).
@@johnvermette9466 The Orange Lodge is primarily anti-Catholic, not anti-French, but since most French Canadians are Catholic, the Orangemen feel justified in oppressing them. In the 1950s, Toronto was ruled by the Orange Lodge. I've spoken to an Irish Catholic and a Scottish Catholic who lived there at that time. One could not find a job, because job applications required you to indicate the Orange Lodge to which you belonged (your Lodge number). The other was fired from Eaton's when they realized he was Catholic.
The Orangemen march on the streets in Northern Ireland every 12th of July, to remind the Catholics/native Irish/Celts that in 1690 the Protestant/English/Saxons conquered them. It would be like the Ku Klux Klan marching through Harlem, so it naturally causes bad feelings, and occasional violence.
The Orangemen still march in Toronto, but it's no longer there big event that it used to be, thankfully. The old nasty attitudes, and those who hold them, are slowly dying out.
@@nomorokay2 I agree...partially... with what you said. Although, you're ONLY referring the the lodge OUTSIDE of Québec. There's also lodges in Québec, and since the very first representative parliament of "Lower Canada", as Québec was called outside the province, it's been activly targeted french-speaking canadians. Why? Well because , of course! , the vast majority were catholics, but it was mainly because , back in those days, (and I'm quite sure that some till thinks the same way) the anglophones were sincerly convinced that the "french" were just peasants, with no education, and wouldn't "higher their condition" by learning the REAL language of the human race, aka english! Some of their leaders went on to even say that : they don't know what's REALLY good for them! They schould jus let us run things and they'll be happier! WE know what's best for them! And now, centuries later, we still have people like JJJ , who CLEARLY do not know it's canadian history... Oh wait! He must have believed EVERYTHING that they showed in the so-called "Heritage Minutes" capsules that were playing for almost a decade on telivision and before movies in theaters, financed by the federal gov. to "promote" our history, and to build a non-existent canadian culture!
I'm not even a francophone but I can see that you thinking that québécois are privileged in Canada shows a total disconnect from reality. (or History)
Move to Ottawa then.
@@bobbyz9052 lol.
Move to Québec... realises all high paying jobs requires you to know English...
*his logic is ultra flawed.*
@@TheSpectralFX Or you can move to New Brunswick where there aren't enough paramedics because of the bilingual requirements.
@@Jt1Torso1Winabego but then... how are you going to perform interventions if you can't communicate with a patient that speaks only one of the two official language??
By that metric, a paramedic that only speaks french could be selected lol
when I think that all over the world people are learning English to watch series read books and playing game...
I am French, I never try to learn English during my studies.
it did not interest me, it is only later to read manga then books, watch series, find information on the internet
It is only the pleasure that I learned to read and understand English, on the other hand I still do not write, because it does not matter to me
While making many great points, I find the main complaint of "Bilingualism is elitist and they get more opportunities" kind of obvious. Yes, learning a second language is difficult, yes most people don't need a second language in their day to day. That is EXACTLY WHY bilingual people have more advantages ANYWHERE, not just Canada. I'm Mexican, completely fluent in Spanish and English. Ever since I started working (about at 20 years of age), my bilingualism has been an advantage, both in the U.S and in Mexico. More opportunities, better pay, better chance at advancement, etc. As for Canada's plight, they need to make a bigger effort in teaching French to anglos and English to Quebec. I mean, how is it that Norway, Sweden, Finland and to a lesser extent Germany, has no problem teaching English to it's citizens, but Canada can't figure it out?
@@louisd.8928 Yes, exactly! What are they doing? A friend of mine from Vancouver told me he kind of sort of got french in school... WHAT? Canda can't just talk the talk, they have to walk the walk.
Agreed on all points. I wish more Anglo Canadians are fluent in French. But I also believe that it's significantly easier to learn English. It's more widely used and there are plenty of opportunities to be immersed in it. It's the standard language for international business, trade, and politics. Most popular films, music, shows, and video games are in English. For people living in English speaking provinces of Canada, French is completely absent from their daily lives. Most students have little interest in acquiring a language (which ALWAYS involves extracurricular efforts) that they most likely won't interact with in their lives.
just from the dislike we now that french speakers arent small at all in canada
They are. They're just much, much angrier about this stuff.
Doffy Rob Arrongant American attitude coming from a guy from British Columbia? That’s quite a no-brainer.
Eh ben, mes amis, c'est pas gagné on dirait... Nous les Bretons savons qu'il est facile de faire disparaitre une langue et une culture si personne ne se dresse pour les défendre. Canadiens francophones, je vous envoie plein d'ondes positives de Bretagne.
Sorry I don't speak surrender language
@@tylerb9877 Weak trolling... OK, my turn. Let me try. You're American, which means you basically speak a sort of broken english. How can we expect you to speak any other language when you don't seem to master a single one, be it your mother tongue. :(
Of course you can't speak "surrender language". Thanks for your effort, but I'm affraid you've just turned into the ultimate Captain obvious here, mate.
Kreion Tresadenn That was such a lame response.
@@tylerb9877 I swear I tried my best :'(
But to be honest, it was really hard to come up with something as stupid as your first answer. You definitely beat me on that one. You know what? I raise my white flag and surrender ;) ;) ;) ;)
Kreion Tresadenn It's okay bro.
keep in mind that anglophones in Quebec have an office they can complain to and a multitude of universities that are English speaking,
Abolishing those in Ontario (the province that has the most french speakers after Quebec talking about number) isn't a mathematical problem it is a ideological one and an equality one
Please next time you criticize the french keep in mind that the language was abolished in the past and that the anglophones are not the victims
This is not a mathematical problem it is an equality one
Lol yup. It's just plain dumb not just that but if anything quebec is the harshest rules on french and well McGill and Concordia everyone. Two very large universities. And Dawson and Vanie as english cegeps in montreal. Very large as well. He needs to live in quebec a bit to learn about the culture quite a bit more
He's a conservative. Conservatives care about numbers and not people.
As a hardcore Quebec separatist I agree with the absurdity of having two official languages country wide. It does create a ruling class of privileged "bilingual" government employees and politicians (mostly based around the city of Ottawa). I wouldn't call them "elites" though as most of them are really just incompetent parasites with only one skill : bilinguism, except their french is usually so poor they barely could be understood in France. And not only does it hurt English Canada by depriving the country of its most competent people in key government positions, it also hurts Quebec people by giving them a false sense of power, while the so-called bilingual elites only work for their own benefit and never for the benefit of regular Quebec folks. Giving that false impression of power to Quebec people was the intended goal of Trudeau (Father), who wanted to cool down nationalist movements in the province.
You brought up an interesting point about accessibility to education. It sounds a bit hypocritical though when you mentioned that bilingual Canadians get access to better jobs because they were “privileged” to get access to a French education yet applaud Mr. Ford’s cancellation of the creation of a French university in Toronto. This sounds a lot like when people accuse unionized workers of being privileged rather than negotiating better terms and conditions with their own employer. The solution to a disproportionate level of French speakers vs English speakers is not to eliminate French but rather increase access to more French education, more French immersion classes, more access to French language materials and media. European countries manage to function with multiple official languages without the need for translators in every office.
Which European countriezzz???
You mean Belgium and Swiss only loool
@@denizbeytekin9853 You have two of the most successful ones (Belgium and Switzerland) but you will also find multiple official languages in Luxembourg, Bosnia, Finland, and Belarus. Not to mention a high level of multilingual communities in France, Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Sweden, and Ukraine which all offer a form of education in another language (unofficially).
The privilege system for bilinguals is way too powerful in the federal government. It shouldn't even be required to know French to rise to the top.
@@bobfearnley5724 why? Because everyone with a leadership position (public or private sector) already speaks English? Why did I, born in a French speaking home, have to learn English in order to advance?
@@luclaplante1346 People should not be forced to learn English or French in order to advance in government. My argument is that there should be no language requirements, instead, just hire translators. Having more French classes available would also be very beneficial though, along with more translators.
Damn, this comment section makes me sympathetic of QC separatists.
This whining about institutions which are there to force people to learn french has its points, IF, there was no 350mil eng. speaking usa on the south border.
But there is no question about mending the bureaucracy of it. Canada has hard time forcing some immigrants(or maybe it about migrants/refugees) to learn at least one language not even both of them
@james c
I don't understand how you can say something like "well I don't like French so go fck off, we don't need you".
It's part of Canadian history and culture and saying such things just means not liking your own country.
Anyone who has worked for the federal government will tell you that it provides extensive resources for non-French speakers to learn the language. Of course, bilingual folks are at an advantage when it comes to federal public sector hiring but it's quite rich for an Anglo speaker to complain about this when much of the rest of the world is expected to learn English as a second language in order to succeed in professional environments. Consider, for example, the difficulty a Francophone person would encounter in trying to apply for a private sector (or even provincial public sector) job in any other province besides Quebec.
This is a complex issue, but your analysis is banal and reductive. Acting as if Ford's policy is somehow "combating elitism" is just pure nonsense. All he's doing is removing opportunities for Canadians. I would much rather live in a country that encourages its citizens to learn French as well as English than one who degrades the ability of its citizens to do so in the name of unwarranted austerity.
Side note: it is unfortunate that Indigenous people are so often left out of the conversation when this topic arises, as their ability to express their own culture and language has been far more repressed historically than the French.
That's true. Canada should have all the indigenous languages as officials languages.
Clay Duncalfe yes but if only 11% of the population fluently speak French why waste time learning that language and don't say to get a government job and yes resources are provided to these places but what are the cost compared to benefits would it not be more beneficial to teach chinese? Or Spanish?
@@noahpickering9674 Ok back up you have information confused. According to Canadian census 59.6% know french. So those are the elite.
11.9 Speak ONLY french
29.8 speak english and french. Know that a lot of people who call themselves francophones actually have some knowledge of english mostly because montreal encourages the knowledge of both languages at least enough to have some conversation. Becareful when looking at data as also some billingual with english as a mother tongue (such as me) sometimes knows terms better in french as well. Being a billingual contry I think that 59.6 should raise and not lower as we only benefit knowing both languages as we grow our opportunity quite a bit.
@@noahpickering9674 I'm not saying that everyone in Canada should have to learn to speak French fluently (I certainly don't). I'm saying the option to learn the language should exist and does exist, especially for those looking to work in the federal sector. Learning a second language is both culturally and intellectually enriching, and opens up an array of possibilities that go far beyond government work. Additionally, notice how JJ says the 43% of jobs in the federal government are held by bilingual folks. However, what he does not note is that Ottawa, the city with the highest rate of federal jobs (for obvious reasons), has a bilingual rate of about 38%. This isn't just because people hoping to work in the federal government a forced to learn French. It mostly has to do with Ottawa's geographic proximity to the Quebec border, and because the Ottawa region historically has higher rates of French-speaking communities than the rest of Ontario. Yes, there are quotas and discrepancies that come as a result of said quotas, but these discrepancies are relatively marginal when put into context. For example, over 90% of federal sector employees who do not live in either Quebec or Ottawa are actually Anglophones. It is not as difficult for a non-bilingual person to get a job with the federal sector within a predominantly English-speaking region is as JJ is making it seem.
The second part of your comment I find confusing. Obviously there are more benefits to having French language quotas than Chinese or Spanish language quotas. There are far more French speakers in Canada than speakers of those languages, so the benefits are much higher than the costs in comparison. Remember, we are talking about the PUBLIC service, which is suppose to serve Canadian citizens a whole. French-speakers are still a significant plurality of the Canadian population, with a complex history that has come to form the Bilingual framework we have today. There are significant issues and flaws, of course, and they are worth discussing, but JJ's critique is just lazy.
This is a great comment! As you said, it's a complex issue, but he's completely off-base. I said this in another comment, but those of us who are immigrants often speak three or more languages, and you don't hear us whining about it. What we need is more language learning opportunities, and ones that are accessible to everyone. I also agree with your side note -- Indigenous people get the short stick in every respect.
What if, for people who seek a top-government job in Canada, being English-French bilingual was just considered a "plus", instead of a requirement ?
That would be good
22% of Canadians have french as their first language, a top goverment official should represent the nation he's working for
@@tablettesamsung4220 no one person can represent everyone, i wanted talented, smart and competent people in government. You could give bonus points for knowing french in government jobs.
for the people who speak French in Quebec, if there is a chance they can't be spoken to French, it is a deal-breaker. Everyone needs to accommodate their needs by learning French
@@SuperKing604 It took me 2 years to learn French. It's not that hard especially when you're wanting to make a career on a national level.
Was put through French immersion throughout primary school and high school and can tell you first hand it does not result in bilingualism. You gain a much better understanding of the language and can speak it much better than someone not in immersion, but when it comes to full on French convos...a 1 hour class 5 days a week doesn’t do much when you’re speaking English the rest of the time and are never forced to use it.
As I understand it, immersion means ALL your classes are taught in that language. A 1 hour class 5 days a week is just a language class.
Lmao how is that immersion ? 1 hour a week is just literally a normal foreign language class, not immersion
A lot of teachers in immersion programs aren't very fluent in French themselves. It's extremely difficult to implement them in western Canada.
Your lack of critical thinking about Canadian colonial history is appalling... don’t you understand that wiping off French Canadian political power is a longtime colonial projet in Canada going as far as the British takeover of the Nouvelle France following the Treaty of Paris and the royal proclamation of 1763 ? Also, not only are there more than 2 founding nations in Canada (hey, let’s forget the native people slaughter by our ancestors...) but Canada built itself by trying to assimilate the French speaking MAJORITY following the British takeover in 1763.
Also, how can you talk about the issue of bilingualism without mentioning the patriot rebellion of 1837 in lower-Canada? It’s like you forgot there was a civil war in Canadian history with people taking arms to build a modern bilingual country inspired by the American revolution...
You are also missing the point of the political usefulness of bilingualism today. Institutional bilingualism is currently a political tool to preserve Canadian unity and prevent Québec indpendance. No prime minister will ever try to abolishing French official status after what happened in the 1995 referendum, such decision would only anger the people in Quebec! Bilingualism is not used to please an “elite” like you pretend, it’s there to prevent the rise of a popular Quebec nationalism that would lead to an independent Quebec nation right in the middle of Canada. That’s why you won’t see any politician, even Conservative Party leaders, try to change the current status quo on this issue.
Amen to that fact driven comment.
Bullshit. Guarentee now a days if an albertan became PM again, he'd kick quebec outta confederation. There's alot of us albertans who want to leave canada because we hate quebec so much.
Francophones are extremely privileged in Canada. You need to thank the English for not finishing the Battle of the Plains of Abraham!
@@WhatIthinkofit the argument presented here is logically flawed you square heads!
From the Francophone side of things you still need to learn Engrish!
@Chris Coleman, you are a fool if you think a party would ever allow "kicking quebec outta confederation" has you say. Do you even realize what this would mean? Montreal is the second biggest city in Canada by population and a ton of companies head quarter are located there. Not to mention that in 2017 Quebec represents 19.52% of Canada GDP, but alberta is not doing so hot, it only represents 15.53% of Canada GDP. So basically, kicking quebec out is also kicking Canada out of the G10. The GDP of Canada would drop to a country like spain economically. And it would also drop Canada's population to a big 28 millions people. Not really impressive to any other country. You have to realize that without oil, alberta is nothing... And currently, oil is not doing so well
90% comments about hair
9.99% comments about comment section being a mess
0.01% comments actually about the video
99% of CZcams videos have that type of comment
LEGEND indeed
Me: comments about his pronunciation of the word "About"
99% of comments are quebecois trashing jj about logic and facts
I love the retro Mac OS styling of this video... You even used Chicago, it is awesome. Well done video, JJ!!
The government should just make language learning better. Yes, I know, English is the global language and the majority language of Canada. But French is a big deal as well in Canada. I think that if for the moment only a few people are true bilingual (mostly mixed english-french canadians, like Trudeau, or even I), it's because language learning in school is really bad. English (in Quebec) and French (in the ROC) should be taught in a more efficient and funny way that gives the English and French canadians wanting to know about each other's culture...
So an oppressed and discriminated group gets equal rights in the country, a country that gives French courses for free since Kindergarten for the whole country and people are starting to complain because they chose to be limited in not learning a language that can benefit them in the long run? I would stop complaining and start learning French mon amie! I think the people that want these gubernatorial jobs know what they need to do to obtain this and will learn French if they come from an Anglo province and those who are only French speakers will have to learn English if they want these jobs as well!
Learning a second language is always a good thing. But it makes no sense to force people who live in Alberta to learn French for geovernement jobs. You are a 1000 km's away from people who need to have French spoken to them at the Post Office, for example. I understand that Aberta has a few francaphone communities, but we don't need all services in French and English here. IT MAKES ZERO SENSE.
@@wadopotato33 Its just another way the East likes to remind us that we're not in control of our own government. Not only do they get over 11billion in equalization from the west but they demand we conform to their language and culture as well. Albertans are second class Canadians and we need out of confederation.
Wade French, french was the first spoken language in Alberta. If there's just a few francophone communities left in Alberta it's because french wasn't allow to be taught at school and the use of the language was prohibited in all the governement offices, like the Post Office since 1892. It was not until 1964 that an amendment to the Schools Act permitted teaching in French for an hour per day. Franco-Albertans gained control over their schools in 1993. So yeah, the english-speaker have tried to destroy franco-albertan culture, but it's still remains today and it grows stronger.
@@tommcd8471, you should get out of Canada, but I really don't know how you'll be able to export your petrol.
French courses are not free, they cost both tax money and time that could be better spent on more useful second languages. There is also a significant asymmetry in an Anglophone learning French versus and a Francophone learning English, since English is far far more useful in North America, business, and internationality where it is the most common lingua franca of today.
This is definitly proof that history is not a priority of the canadian education system :)
**of the English education system
How would that be?
And Yes, despite your argument on the use of the languange, If the Canadian governments are truly seriouse about bilingualism. French and English should be tought much earlier in schools in respective regions.
that wouldn't help because ill say it for those who didn't hear, it is not at all applicable. English is the primary language of the world, to the point most Europeans learn fluency in it despite not sharing a country with the British. The French do not have the same reverse card situation
It is already done in Quebec we have English classes from the first grade of primary school ,,,, which is not the case in the other provinces.
@@linefrenette9116 No, French immersion is offered in Anglo Majority provinces. However, French isn't nearly as useful as English is, both within Canada, North America, and globally.
@@ryanrichardson5844 damm imagine being these ignorant, never come to mexico with that attitute , you have English. Chinese, Spanish, French And Hindi as the most spoken languages in the world and you still think english should be the only language people should learn, never come to mexico with that attitute or youll ended up dead
@@adanactnomew7085 You live in Canada, a place where 30% of the population can speak french, i live in the states a place where 15% can speak spanish. Saying english is the only useful language in north america is ignorant and far from reality but what you would expect from english people the most ethnocentric people out there
If one day this guy become prime minister of Canada, i make my boxes and i move in France.
Good lol, he’s right
Go away, our daddy UK is richer than your daddy france😤
@@thatvexiol Daddy?
I don't get why this guy is being so negative about something so positive. Bilingualism is a blessing for a country, it makes everything more interesting. Even if it might be hard and complex sometimes. I love Canada because of it's languages, I wish he would have tried to see the benefits from having 2 national languages rather than just being angry about it.
I suppose it is good in theory, but there are a many faults with it in practice
kind of like something else...
@@jacob6616 ok commie
Their French isn't good, that's why.
@@mathieul4303 who's French isn't good?
@@TheRoro0410 The one from Canada.
But don't worry. I'm not serious about it
I guess im part of this so called elite cause im french and i speak english too. I dont want to compare income, but Quebec is still far from the richest province of Canada. Im pretty sure whatever place you made this video in BC is worth much more than my house. I do not live in Montreal so there is no english speaker to practice with and our english education in school is useless. I learnt english online playing games and even then i was unable to actually speak it, making this whole argument that learning french outside Quebec is harder than english in Quebec silly. If you want opportunities in your life you have to work for it. If you are too lazy to learn french to get the gov position you want, maybe you are too lazy for that type of job. I actually started to talk with english speakers to get a better pay in my work (not at the governement). Im sure you can find jobs that allows you to talk to french customers and you should, i stopped hating the "evil english conquerors" when i actually started to talk with them to know they are exactly like us. I used to be a big Quebec separatist (Quebec is french only and that sort of stuff) until i understood what leaving meant for the english speakers of Quebec. If you remove the bilingualism, Quebec will leave and bring with it its native english speakers that will suffer the same fate than us french in Canada. Maybe this country is'nt meant to be and was just a big mistake, but if, like me, you think what makes Canada different than the USA is the fact that aside from our differences, past conflicts, old grudges and futur ones, different cultures are able to live in relative peace and harmony and managed to build one of the best, richest and safest country on the planet.
I'd like to like this comment a dozen times but sadly I can't
@@jaded.2591 I'm going to give it a like for you (really did not think about doing so.)
I like that " barrier to get into the gouvernment" argument. It's so dumb lol. If learning a second language is too hard for you, I dont want you to handle my taxe money. Expecting that you can get any job you want just because you feel like it without proving your brain is capable?
QC government has shown it does value and respect its English speaking residents.
That guy tries to be correct but he ignores most the history of Canada :
- First : Canada was founded by France over four centuries ago, forming Nouvelle-France with Acadie (the Maritimes provinces of now Canada) and Louisiane (today 14 USA states going from the Appalachians (east) to the Rocky's (west) and from the Great Lakes (north) to the Mexico Gulf (south). Nouvelle-France covered most of North America for one century and a half.
It is important to notice that although France was present on most of North America, there was a very small French descent population on the territory most of them located in the St-Lawrence river valley (now the province of Québec). The French presence all across the continent was built on alliances with Native nation's rather than military or colonial presence.
Next : Acadie was invaded by England in 1713, Canada in 1763 and Louisiane was sold to USA by Napoleon in 1803.
Since then, Canada was made an English dominion by using legalized bigotry, language apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocides against whoever were there before anglos ; the Natives, the Métis (French-Native origin) the Acadiens and the real Canadiens. There are plenty of facts to demonstrate that.
England didn't invade Canada in 1763 that's just when France ceded Nouvelle-France to England after France lost the Seven Years War 1756-1763 and opted to retain its more profitable Caribbean colonies.
Also keep in mind we're talking about a bitter rivalry between two colonial powers in the 18th century. I don't see how the King of England passing the Quebec Act in 1774 - which granted French Canadiens religious/linguistic freedom and even allowed them to follow French Civil law in a British colony - constitutes as "legalized bigotry, language apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocides" against French Canadiens?
Another pathetic foreign bigot who wants to turn invasion, genocides, apartheid, starvations, forced exils and ethnic cleansing into some walk in the park.Your French speaking King granted the Canadiens with some advantages in order to have them side with the empire against the US rebels. And the Canadiens did. Together with our Native allies, we have saved Canada from invasion TWICE, in 1775-76 and in 1812, and saved each and every anglo butt from being kicked out of America forever.Have respect for your saviors.
Alex Bury you idiot England did invade canada they captured Québec and Montréal and Ohio. The legalized bigotry part is true because at first England deported all of the French speaking Acadians, and when they took over Canada, they realized its population was too big to deport so they just kept them around with the Quebec Act
It's funny, the like/dislike ratio on your videos on the subject does not reflect the english/french ratio in Canada. You can see that your opinion is not the majority as you think.
Alternatively, there are simply more dislikes than usual because it's more likely for people to leave complaints than compliments.
Why are you purposefully pronouncing "about" like that?
I used to think he pronounces it like that for comedic effect, way before he started making these snake pit political videos.
Well my brain is like 50 50
I think he says it on purpose for comedy
And the other part of my brain is like
Nah he ain't doing this on purpose cuz it is so hard to do it on purpose when you talk fast
And my gut say
Nah he just poor
My heart says
Mm fuck
@@huazelei4976 he's born and raised in Vancouver the same as me and we do not speak like that. He's just making some point or being an idiot. Perhaps he thinks he's being funny but it's just annoying.
The fact that your referring to 7.4 million people in Canada as a minority is a bit outlandish. Also when you say that bilingualism gives you a better chance at a federal job, which is true but so does getting a higher education at university. You could say that this makes upper middle class people more likely to have a voice, which does happen, but I'd feel more comfortable to have a bilingual representing most of Canada rather than a Anglophone. It shows that this person more than likely had a higher, better early education as knowing a second language is shown to inspire further brain growth. Sorry that this was worded a bit weirdly wrote this on my phone.
J'envoie un petit coucou et beaucoup d'ondes positives aux francophones canadiens de la part d'une très fière francophone afro-américaine
Merci beaucoup, tu es gentille!
C'est très apprécié Kylie!
Who is here after the Parlament meeting